PYSEC-2020-103

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    PYSEC-2020-103

    Published: 30 Apr 2020Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

    References: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html, https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html, http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2019.2.4

    Affected versions

    0.10.0
    0.10.1
    0.10.2
    0.10.3
    0.10.4
    0.10.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2020-103 | CVE-DB